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Ang 1371 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਚੁਗੈ ਚਿਤਾਰੈ ਭੀ ਚੁਗੈ ਚੁਗਿ ਚੁਗਿ ਚਿਤਾਰੇ ॥
kabeer chugai chitaarai bhee chugai chug chug chitaare |
Kabeer, the flamingo pecks and feeds, and remembers her chicks.
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ਜੈਸੇ ਬਚਰਹਿ ਕੂੰਜ ਮਨ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਮਤਾ ਰੇ ॥੧੨੩॥
jaise bachareh koonj man maaeaa mamataa re |123|
She pecks and pecks and feeds, and remembers them always. Her chicks are very dear to her, just like the love of wealth and Maya is dear to the mortal's mind. ||123||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਅੰਬਰ ਘਨਹਰੁ ਛਾਇਆ ਬਰਖਿ ਭਰੇ ਸਰ ਤਾਲ ॥
kabeer anbar ghanahar chhaaeaa barakh bhare sar taal |
Kabeer, the sky is overcast and cloudy; the ponds and lakes are overflowing with water.
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ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕ ਜਿਉ ਤਰਸਤ ਰਹੈ ਤਿਨ ਕੋ ਕਉਨੁ ਹਵਾਲੁ ॥੧੨੪॥
chaatrik jiau tarasat rahai tin ko kaun havaal |124|
Like the rainbird, some remain thirsty - what is their condition? ||124||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਚਕਈ ਜਉ ਨਿਸਿ ਬੀਛੁਰੈ ਆਇ ਮਿਲੈ ਪਰਭਾਤਿ ॥
kabeer chakee jau nis beechhurai aae milai parabhaat |
Kabeer, the chakvi duck is separated from her love through the night, but in the morning, she meets him again.
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ਜੋ ਨਰ ਬਿਛੁਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਸਿਉ ਨਾ ਦਿਨ ਮਿਲੇ ਨ ਰਾਤਿ ॥੧੨੫॥
jo nar bichhure raam siau naa din mile na raat |125|
Those who are separated from the Lord do not meet Him in the day, or in the night. ||125||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਰੈਨਾਇਰ ਬਿਛੋਰਿਆ ਰਹੁ ਰੇ ਸੰਖ ਮਝੂਰਿ ॥
kabeer rainaaeir bichhoriaa rahu re sankh majhoor |
Kabeer: O conch shell, remain in the ocean.
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ਦੇਵਲ ਦੇਵਲ ਧਾਹੜੀ ਦੇਸਹਿ ਉਗਵਤ ਸੂਰ ॥੧੨੬॥
deval deval dhaaharree deseh ugavat soor |126|
If you are separated from it, you shall scream at sunrise from temple to temple. ||126||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਸੂਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਰਹਿ ਜਾਗੁ ਰੋਇ ਭੈ ਦੁਖ ॥
kabeer sootaa kiaa kareh jaag roe bhai dukh |
Kabeer, what are you doing sleeping? Wake up and cry in fear and pain.
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ਜਾ ਕਾ ਬਾਸਾ ਗੋਰ ਮਹਿ ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਸੋਵੈ ਸੁਖ ॥੧੨੭॥
jaa kaa baasaa gor meh so kiau sovai sukh |127|
Those who live in the grave - how can they sleep in peace? ||127||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਸੂਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਰਹਿ ਉਠਿ ਕਿ ਨ ਜਪਹਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥
kabeer sootaa kiaa kareh utth ki na japeh muraar |
Kabeer, what are you doing sleeping? Why not rise up and meditate on the Lord?
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ਇਕ ਦਿਨ ਸੋਵਨੁ ਹੋਇਗੋ ਲਾਂਬੇ ਗੋਡ ਪਸਾਰਿ ॥੧੨੮॥
eik din sovan hoeigo laanbe godd pasaar |128|
One day you shall sleep with your legs outstretched. ||128||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਸੂਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਰਹਿ ਬੈਠਾ ਰਹੁ ਅਰੁ ਜਾਗੁ ॥
kabeer sootaa kiaa kareh baitthaa rahu ar jaag |
Kabeer, what are you doing sleeping? Wake up, and sit up.
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ਜਾ ਕੇ ਸੰਗ ਤੇ ਬੀਛੁਰਾ ਤਾ ਹੀ ਕੇ ਸੰਗਿ ਲਾਗੁ ॥੧੨੯॥
jaa ke sang te beechhuraa taa hee ke sang laag |129|
Attach yourself to the One, from whom you have been separated. ||129||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਸੰਤ ਕੀ ਗੈਲ ਨ ਛੋਡੀਐ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਲਾਗਾ ਜਾਉ ॥
kabeer sant kee gail na chhoddeeai maarag laagaa jaau |
Kabeer, do not leave the Society of the Saints; walk upon this Path.
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ਪੇਖਤ ਹੀ ਪੁੰਨੀਤ ਹੋਇ ਭੇਟਤ ਜਪੀਐ ਨਾਉ ॥੧੩੦॥
pekhat hee puneet hoe bhettat japeeai naau |130|
See them, and be sanctified; meet them, and chant the Name. ||130||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਸਾਕਤ ਸੰਗੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੀਐ ਦੂਰਹਿ ਜਾਈਐ ਭਾਗਿ ॥
kabeer saakat sang na keejeeai dooreh jaaeeai bhaag |
Kabeer, do not associate with the faithless cynics; run far away from them.
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ਬਾਸਨੁ ਕਾਰੋ ਪਰਸੀਐ ਤਉ ਕਛੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਦਾਗੁ ॥੧੩੧॥
baasan kaaro paraseeai tau kachh laagai daag |131|
If you touch a vessel stained with soot, some of the soot will stick to you. ||131||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰਾ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਜਰਾ ਪਹੂੰਚਿਓ ਆਇ ॥
kabeeraa raam na chetio jaraa pahoonchio aae |
Kabeer, you have not contemplated the Lord, and now old age has overtaken you.
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ਲਾਗੀ ਮੰਦਿਰ ਦੁਆਰ ਤੇ ਅਬ ਕਿਆ ਕਾਢਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥੧੩੨॥
laagee mandir duaar te ab kiaa kaadtiaa jaae |132|
Now that the door of your mansion is on fire, what can you take out? ||132||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਕਾਰਨੁ ਸੋ ਭਇਓ ਜੋ ਕੀਨੋ ਕਰਤਾਰਿ ॥
kabeer kaaran so bheo jo keeno karataar |
Kabeer, the Creator does whatever He pleases.
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ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਸਰੁ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਏਕੈ ਸਿਰਜਨਹਾਰੁ ॥੧੩੩॥
tis bin doosar ko nahee ekai sirajanahaar |133|
There is none other than Him; He alone is the Creator of all. ||133||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਫਲ ਲਾਗੇ ਫਲਨਿ ਪਾਕਨਿ ਲਾਗੇ ਆਂਬ ॥
kabeer fal laage falan paakan laage aanb |
Kabeer, the fruit trees are bearing fruit, and the mangoes are becoming ripe.
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ਜਾਇ ਪਹੂਚਹਿ ਖਸਮ ਕਉ ਜਉ ਬੀਚਿ ਨ ਖਾਹੀ ਕਾਂਬ ॥੧੩੪॥
jaae pahoocheh khasam kau jau beech na khaahee kaanb |134|
They will reach the owner, only if the crows do not eat them first. ||134||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਪੂਜਹਿ ਮੋਲਿ ਲੇ ਮਨਹਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਜਾਹਿ ॥
kabeer tthaakur poojeh mol le manahatth teerath jaeh |
Kabeer, some buy idols and worship them; in their stubborn-mindedness, they make pilgrimages to sacred shrines.
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ਦੇਖਾ ਦੇਖੀ ਸ੍ਵਾਂਗੁ ਧਰਿ ਭੂਲੇ ਭਟਕਾ ਖਾਹਿ ॥੧੩੫॥
dekhaa dekhee svaang dhar bhoole bhattakaa khaeh |135|
They look at one another, and wear religious robes, but they are deluded and lost. ||135||
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Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਪਾਹਨੁ ਪਰਮੇਸੁਰੁ ਕੀਆ ਪੂਜੈ ਸਭੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
kabeer paahan paramesur keea poojai sabh sansaar |
Kabeer, someone sets up a stone idol and all the world worships it as the Lord.
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ਇਸ ਭਰਵਾਸੇ ਜੋ ਰਹੇ ਬੂਡੇ ਕਾਲੀ ਧਾਰ ॥੧੩੬॥
eis bharavaase jo rahe boodde kaalee dhaar |136|
Those who hold to this belief will be drowned in the river of darkness. ||136||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਕਾਗਦ ਕੀ ਓਬਰੀ ਮਸੁ ਕੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਪਾਟ ॥
kabeer kaagad kee obaree mas ke karam kapaatt |
Kabeer, the paper is the prison, and the ink of rituals are the bars on the windows.
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ਪਾਹਨ ਬੋਰੀ ਪਿਰਥਮੀ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪਾੜੀ ਬਾਟ ॥੧੩੭॥
paahan boree pirathamee panddit paarree baatt |137|
The stone idols have drowned the world, and the Pandits, the religious scholars, have plundered it on the way. ||137||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਕਾਲਿ ਕਰੰਤਾ ਅਬਹਿ ਕਰੁ ਅਬ ਕਰਤਾ ਸੁਇ ਤਾਲ ॥
kabeer kaal karantaa abeh kar ab karataa sue taal |
Kabeer, that which you have to do tomorrow - do it today instead; and that which you have to do now - do it immediately!
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ਪਾਛੈ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਹੋਇਗਾ ਜਉ ਸਿਰ ਪਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਕਾਲੁ ॥੧੩੮॥
paachhai kachhoo na hoeigaa jau sir par aavai kaal |138|
Later on, you will not be able to do anything, when death hangs over your head. ||138||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਐਸਾ ਜੰਤੁ ਇਕੁ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਜੈਸੀ ਧੋਈ ਲਾਖ ॥
kabeer aisaa jant ik dekhiaa jaisee dhoee laakh |
Kabeer, I have seen a person, who is as shiny as washed wax.
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ਦੀਸੈ ਚੰਚਲੁ ਬਹੁ ਗੁਨਾ ਮਤਿ ਹੀਨਾ ਨਾਪਾਕ ॥੧੩੯॥
deesai chanchal bahu gunaa mat heenaa naapaak |139|
He seems very clever and very virtuous, but in reality, he is without understanding, and corrupt. ||139||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਮੇਰੀ ਬੁਧਿ ਕਉ ਜਮੁ ਨ ਕਰੈ ਤਿਸਕਾਰ ॥
kabeer meree budh kau jam na karai tisakaar |
Kabeer, the Messenger of Death shall not compromise my understanding.
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ਜਿਨਿ ਇਹੁ ਜਮੂਆ ਸਿਰਜਿਆ ਸੁ ਜਪਿਆ ਪਰਵਿਦਗਾਰ ॥੧੪੦॥
jin ihu jamooaa sirajiaa su japiaa paravidagaar |140|
I have meditated on the Lord, the Cherisher, who created this Messenger of Death. ||140||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰੁ ਕਸਤੂਰੀ ਭਇਆ ਭਵਰ ਭਏ ਸਭ ਦਾਸ ॥
kabeer kasatooree bheaa bhavar bhe sabh daas |
Kabeer, the Lord is like musk; all His slaves are like bumble bees.
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